2025 Taipei International Peace Forum
Peace Is a Path We Forge
Sustainability Democracy Dialogue
Sustainability Democracy Dialogue
Choosing peace is choosing strength.
9 /20/2025 Saturday 09:30─18:30 (Simultaneous Chinese-English interpretation throughout)
Bangka Hall, Great Skyview (14F, No. 101, Bangka Blvd., Wanhua Dist., Taipei City )
#Free event with advance registration required
#Registration form at the bottom of this page
#No live streaming for this forum
09:30 – 10:00
Registration
10:00 – 10:10
Welcome Remarks
Speaker: T. H. Tung | Chairman of Pegatron Corporation, Board Member, the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation
10:10 – 10:40
Opening Speech
Why We Need to Talk About Peace Today
Speaker: Lung Yingtai | Former Minister of Culture, Chairperson, the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation
10:40 – 12:00
Peace in Action — Stories from the Frontlines
Personal stories from Peace Fellows: Peace as courage, not weakness.
When conflict looms, how can we prevent its eruption or open space for dialogue? And after violence ends—how do we heal, rebuild, and reconcile?
Climate Change and the Disappearing Catch: Winners and Losers Yoshitaka Ota (Japan) | Director, Ocean Nexus Center & Professor, University of Rhode Island
Peacebuilding in a Fragmented Digital World Emma Baumhofer (Switzerland/US) | Independent Consultant in Digital Peacebuilding and Design
Staging the Unspeakable: War, Trauma, and Performance Kefei Cao (Switzerland/China) | Director, Nomadic Minutes (Performance Collective), Berlin
Walking with the Children of War Benjamin Abtan (France) | President, European Grassroots Antiracist Movement
The Thin Line: When Everyone Can Become a Refugee Daniela Segovia (Venezuela) | Partnerships & Research Coordinator, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Latin America
A Field of Thorns: Surviving Conflict, Seeking Peace Roi Silberberg (Israel) | Director, School for Peace, Wahat al Salam-Neve Shalom
The Day My Home Was Lost: A Personal Reckoning Hazem Almassry (Gaza, Palestine) | Postdoctoral Researcher, author
Moderator: Sebastian Liao | President, The Taipei Chinese PEN
12:00 – 13:30
Exhibition · Networking
13:30 – 14:20
Peace in Practice I
No Peace, No Planet: Rethinking Sustainability amid Crises
When land is depleted and survival is threatened, conflict often follows. In an era of climate-induced conflict, can ecological sustainability be maintained?
Speakers: Yoshitaka Ota (Japan) | Director, Ocean Nexus Center & Professor, University of Rhode Island Hong-yuan Lee (Taiwan) | Former Minister of Interior
Moderator: Kwang-yin Liu | Senior Managing Editor, CommonWealth Magazine
14:20 – 15:10
Peace in Practice II
Democracy at Risk: Can We Turn Technology Toward Peace?
Democracy cannot survive on fear and division. As digital platforms fuel polarization, we must choose: allow technology to erode civic space—or reclaim it to rebuild trust and connection.
Speakers: Emma Baumhofer (Switzerland/US) | Independent Consultant in Digital Peacebuilding and Design Yen-Lin Huang (Taiwan) | Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Policy Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Moderator: Ju-Chun Ko | Legislator, Republic of China (Taiwan)
15:10 – 15:25
Coffee Break
15:25 – 16:40
Peace in Practice III
Memory, Power, and the Struggle to Be Heard
Conflict often hides beneath silence. Communities and nations carry competing truths, while justice and reconciliation remain entangled in geopolitics. Now more than ever, peacebuilding through education and civic engagement is essential.
Speakers: Kefei Cao (Switzerland/China) | Director, Nomadic Minutes (Performance Collective), Berlin Benjamin Abtan (France) | President, European Grassroots Antiracist Movement Daniela Segovia (Venezuela) | Partnerships & Research
Coordinator, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative, Latin America
Moderator: Chih-Ming Wang | Deputy Director, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
16:40 – 16:55
Coffee Break
16:55 – 17:45
Peace in Practice IV
Speaking through Brutality: When a Gazan Meets an Israeli
A rare conversation between an Israeli and a Gazan—meeting far from the war, in Taiwan. What can we hear when those caught in conflict speak directly to each other?
Speakers: Roi Silberberg (Israel) | Director, School for Peace, Wahat al Salam-Neve Shalom Hazem Almassry (Gaza, Palestine) | Postdoctoral Researcher, author
Moderator: Shih-hung Lo | Professor, Department of Communication, National Chung Cheng University
17:45 – 18:30
Closing Reflections
Forging a Path to Peace and Sustainability
There is no sustainability—of the planet or of society—without peace. How do we build trust in times of calm, de-escalate in times of conflict, and repair and reconcile after violence? These are among the most urgent and profound questions facing humanity today.
Speakers: Peace Fellows offer their closing thoughts.
Moderator: Charlotte Ackert | Vice Chairman, WNET New York Public Television Board, Board Member, the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation
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Peace Hub
Organizer: Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation
International Partners: Peace Boat (Japan), Heidelberg University (Germany), University of Nottingham (UK),The University of Tokyo Research Center for Sustainable Peace (Japan),Strait Talk(US,Japan)
Academic Collaboration: Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences at National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies at Tamkang University, Shih Hsin University, Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University, Diplomatic Policy Research Center at National Chengchi University, LUYA International High School
Media Partners: CommonWealth Magazine, Storm Media, World Journal, World Journal Online, Sin Chew Daily, Taipei Times, ICRT
Cross-sector Partners: The Alliance Cultural Foundation, Joint Pictures Co. , Hu House Taipei
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